Oregon
‘Aggressive’ bull elk rescued from wire fence in Oregon
Nov. 22 (UPI) — Police in Oregon got here to the rescue of a “harmful and aggressive” bull elk that was discovered with its legs and antlers entangled in a wire fence.
The Oregon State Police mentioned in a Fb put up {that a} trooper responded to a report of an elk caught in a fence close to Mitchell and arrived to seek out the five-point bull’s antlers and rear legs had been entangled within the “heavy wire.”
The trooper contacted the Oregon Division of Fish and Wildlife, however was advised nobody was out there to reply with a tranquilizer.
The trooper and a Wheeler County sheriff’s deputy ended up utilizing bolt cutters to free the elk’s legs and antlers from the wire. The put up mentioned a small quantity of wire was nonetheless connected to the elk’s antlers when it ran off.
“It doesn’t seem that this bull elk was as appreciative of being rescued as we thought he can be,” the put up mentioned. “As you may see from this video, these wild animals are aggressive and harmful.”